Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's latest book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean, previous Shingo recipients.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Management’s Job is to be Proactive
Running a hospital: Our Joint Commission Report
The headline is my modification of a Deming expression, that management's job is prediction. Statistical process control was...
Let’s Hope They Don’t Name the Grey Paint Color "Lead"
China's Chery Car: Safe At Any Speed For U.S. Market? - CNBC.comI had a number of readers email me this crash test video of...
Lean Airport Lines?
Case of the Vanishing Airport Lines - WSJ.comThis article made me think of Lean in the sense that Alaska Air radically rethought the passenger...
More Wisconsin Lean
Green Bay Press-Gazette - Tufco growing operations while keeping safety in focus:Another story from a small company in Wisconsin:""It is easy to downsize. Growth...
Kaizening the Lean Blog
In the spirit of continuous improvement... I took the book recommendations off of the bottom of the left hand column. I was suspecting...
The Rollercoaster of Lean Transformations: Wiremold’s Post-Acquisition Journey, with Bob Emiliani
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LeanBlog Podcast #30 is an interview with Bob Emiliani, author of the books Better Thinking, Better Results, and Real Lean: Understanding the Lean Management...
Updated: My Personal Kaizen for the Day
Watching the news about the tragic bridge collapse in Minnesota, it's easy to feel helpless, what can we do if something like that happens...
Great Piece on Problem Solving
Elegant Solutions: Mind of the Innovator
Matthew May is the author of the book The Elegant Solution, a friend of this blog, and a blogger...
Comments of the Week
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On my Podcast with Dr. Sami...
Boo Mattel, Hooray Mattel
Mattel is the latest victim in the "poison products from China" series (the "poison train," as The Consumerist blog calls it). Victim is...
Lean Healthcare Survey
In support of the book I'm currently writing, I have created a comprehensive survey for hospitals about Lean practices and implementation.Click Here to take...
Not Blowing "Hot Air" About Lean
Fanmaker hot on local production -- chicagotribune.comOk, sorry for the headline. I think mine's worse than the Trib's. The article gives credit...
